BEE 6470 - Water Transport in Plants

(crosslisted)
(also BIOPL 6510)

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Offered alternate years.

R. M. Spanswick.

Topics include water relations of plant cells and tissues using water potential terminology; permeability of plant cells to water and the role of aquaporins; transport of water through whole plants, including transpiration, stomatal physiology, and the modifications due to plant communities; and water status and plant growth in relation to water stress.